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RSS FeedsInnocent bystander killed in Mississauga shooting remembered as `sweet, good natured´ teen
(The Star Television)

 
 

17 september 2019 00:01:31

 
Innocent bystander killed in Mississauga shooting remembered as `sweet, good natured´ teen
(The Star Television)
 


If only he hadn’t gone home to change his shoes, Jonathan Davis might have lived, thinks Selma Alincy.Alincy, a close friend to the family of the 17-year-old killed in a “brazen” shooting at an apartment complex in Mississauga, said Davis was walking to his father’s house minutes before the attack unfolded Saturday evening. He wanted to be an electrician like his father, Alincy said. Davis would go to his father’s place on weekends and help out with chores and odd jobs. On Saturday, as Davis walked toward his father’s house, he noticed he was still wearing slippers, and turned home to get shoes, said Alincy, who received a phone call from Davis’s mother following the shooting. On his way home, when he crossed the parkette behind the apartment complex where he lived, Davis was struck in the head by a bullet. His mother went running to help him, and tried to apply pressure to the wound, Alincy said. Davis died on scene. Five others, including a 13-year-old girl, were injured.“It’s shocking and heartbreaking,” said Alincy, who ran to the scene of the crime after receiving frantic phone calls from Davis’s mother. “Nobody could have prepared for this. No parent could ever prepare for something like this.”Davis was known by friends and family as a quiet but friendly teen with a love for video games and an interest in electrical engineering. He was the brother of two younger sisters and one older brother.A “homebody,” described Alincy. “Someone who helped out around the house.”Joshua Twa, an 18-year-old student from Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School who attended classes with Davis, said they met in elementary school. The two were “like family,” he said. They played soccer together at recess and shared a mutual interest in cars. They were looking forward to graduating high school and receiving their diplomas next June. “He was young. He didn’ ...


 
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